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This scintillating book is a retrospective fashion show of the first decade of creations by the Colombian designer Silvia Tcherassi, widely considered to be the most dazzling talent that has emerged from the ranks of Latin American fashion in recent years. Employing a format of eight visual stories, photographer Juan Carlos Obando captures the creativity and talent of this remarkably young designer, who has won an international reputation for her unusual handling of materials, colours and textures, in styles that have revolutionised the Latin American fashion scene and conquered overseas markets. The photography is focused on the creative development of Silvia Tcherassi's clothes over the past ten years and displays creations that cover the gamut of contemporary expressions, from her pret-a-porter line to her haute couture one. Obando uses the dresses as a pretext to invent short visual features, which remove the dresses from their usual context and convert them into theatrical elements that on some occasions are simple and on others complex. He seeks to exhibit the true enchantment of her clothing: its capacity to seduce.

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Juan Carlos Obando is a native Colombian, but his career has been made in the United States. A renaissance man, he is known in the advertising, photography, and fashion world as 'JC'. His use of colour and cinematic compositions have established him as one of the most distinctive visual image makers of his generation.

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